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DPP Rhyperior (UU analysis)*

I found it very much worthless on Rhyperior outside of Trick Room, because it is almost always forced out after it KOes something anyway, which it does by simply attacking twice. Substitute and Stealth Rock are both better options in the last slot, imo.
 

<p>This set is great at beating Rapid Spin users who try to come in and Spin away Rhyperior's Stealth Rock. Donphan and Hitmontop are 2HKOed by Earthquake with Spikes support, Cloyster is taken care of by Stone Edge, and Claydol is hit hard by Megahorn. This means Pokemon such as Qwilfish and Cloyster who set up Spikes appreciate Rhyperior's presence on a team. They work especially well since with Spikes support, Rhyperior can 2HKO Blastoise, who is another common Rapid Spinner. Cloyster and Qwilfish can also set up on bulky Water-types such as Milotic who threaten Rhyperior.</p>

<p>An alternative item (and strategy) for this Rhyperior set is to use a Passho Berry. Passho Berry allows Rhyperior to take an extra Water-type attack from Pokemon such as Blastoise or Milotic. This means that you don't have to rely on weakening them as much. Passho Berry also protects you from Aqua Jet, which is used by Azumarill, Kabutops, and Feraligatr. However, without a Life Orb, Rhyperior isn't going to have as much of an easy time sweeping, and it also loses important KOs on Milotic, Blastoise, Claydol, and Slowbro.</p>

<p>This set is Rhyperior's most defensive set and focuses on wearing the opponent down and checking prominent threats. With a monstrous HP stat of 432 and Special Defense stat of 312 (with sandstorm active), Rhyperior will be an absolute pain to take down. The EVs are fairly simple: HP is almost maxed until the last obtainable Leftovers number, and then 16 EVs are put into Attack to get the stat jump. The rest of the EVs are dumped into Special Defense to take special hits better. Rhyperior will be able to take quite a beating from the special side of the attacking spectrum with these EVs and sandstorm.</p>

<p>Earthquake and Stone Edge (or Rock Blast, which can be used to hit Substitute users) give Rhyperior excellent coverage. Megahorn hits everything else that Rock and Ground don't hit, such as Claydol. Even with just 16 Attack EVs, Rhyperior will still hit hard with its 352 Attack stat. The move that works best for your team should be used in the last slot. Rhyperior is a great Stealth Rock user since it forces switches. This also makes it a great entry hazard abuser with Roar, meaning your opponent will take two rounds of residual damage if they switch. If you aren't using (Toxic) Spikes, and if you don't need a Pokemon to set up Stealth Rock, then Rest is a solid choice. Rest allows Rhyperior to heal and rid itself of any status ailments.</p>

<p>This set really only functions with sandstorm support, which means Hippopotas is a necessary evil. With Roar, Rhyperior really benefits from Pokemon who can set up Spikes reliably. Cloyster is an excellent choice for this job since it resists Water-type attacks aimed at Rhyperior. Qwilfish is also an exceptional teammate for Rhyperior since it can set up Spikes and resists Water- and Fighting-type attacks. As a bonus, it also only takes neutral damage from Grass-type attacks. Rhyperior also benefits from Toxic Spikes, which both of the listed Pokemon can provide as well.</p>

<p>With a monstrous Attack stat and an impressive amount of bulk, a Choice Band set is viable on (this was already bolded for no reason) Rhyperior. Rhyperior has some main advantages over other Choice Band users, which are the reasons this set is successful in the first place. The first advantage Rhyperior has is that it gets perfect coverage in three moves that all have 120 Base Power or more, as well as a great Substitute breaker or coverage move to go with them. Another reason to use Rhyperior is its exceptional bulk. Rhyperior has 400 HP with 116 EVs and enough Defense to survive even Gallade's Life Orb boosted Close Combat. On top of this, Rhyperior has immunity to Thunder Wave and shrugs off Pokemon like Registeel's attacks, unlike Aggron, for example, who is easily 2HKOed by Registeel's Earthquake.</p>

<p>The option of Aqua Tail over Rock Blast is simply personal preference. Rock Blast allows you to absolutely destroy SubRoost variants of Moltres and Articuno, as well as nail Pokemon such as Substitute Mismagius and even Raikou. Aqua Tail will hit Donphan harder than Earthquake (although Earthquake 2HKOes anyway) and will also do major damage to other Rhyperior.</p>

<p>248 HP EVs ensures that Rhyperior can get an extra attack out of Life Orb while also giving it significant bulk. Attack is maximized to increase Rhyperior's sweeping potential, and the remaining eight EVs are dumped in Defense. A Brave nature is recommended since with a lower Speed, Rhyperior will be "faster" in Trick Room.</p>

<p>A couple reliable Trick Room set-up Pokemon are needed for this set to function. Pokemon such as Porygon2 and Slowking make great teammates for Rhyperior because of their ability to reliably set up Trick Room. Alakazam is also quite an effective teammate since it can set up Reflect and Light Screen before it uses Trick Room. It can even set up Gravity if you wish. Reflect and Light Screen are important because they allow Rhyperior to almost guarantee itself a Swords Dance, meaning it has up to four turns of straight OHKOing the opponent.</p>
<p>Rhyperior is one of those Pokemon who really benefits from residual damage since its attacks are so close to 2HKOs on many Pokemon. For example, with Spikes support, Rhyperior can 2HKO Hitmontop and Donphan without a Choice Band. Rhyperior,
especially sets with Substitute or bulky defenses, also benefits greatly from sandstorm support. Sandstorm makes Rhyperior one of the toughest Pokemon to take down, and it's well worth having to use Hippopotas.</p>


<p>Toxic can be used over Stealth Rock or Megahorn on the Sandstorm or Standard set. With Rhyperior's switch-ins never being Steel- or Poison-types, it will be able to spread Toxic quite effectively.</p>


<p>Bulky Water-types. Pokemon such as Milotic and Blastoise can switch into most Rhyperior quite easily and OHKO it with Surf. Defensive Grass-types such as Meganium, Leafeon, and Tangrowth also work quite well, but they need to be
wary of Megahorn. Claydol and Torterra are excellent counters as well, since they can easily switch into Rhyperior on any of its STAB attacks. However, similarly to Grass-types, they need to watch out for Megahorn (Torterra is a Grass-type; should it be moved to the list of grass-types earlier in the list?).</p>
As promised. =]
 
Thanks Xia. Also, Torterra is unique because it resists Stone Edge + Earthquake, not just Earthquake. That is why it is grouped with Claydol as opposed to other Grass-types.
 
Grammar corrections.

Standard said:
<p>The EVs are very particular since Rhyperior needs to function in a lot of situations. The 132 Speed EVs give Rhyperior the ability to comfortably outpace base 50s, such as Azumarill and Donphan, while also outrunning minimum Speed base 55s such as Omastar. The 136 HP EVs gives Rhyperior an HP stat of 405, which is a Leftovers number plus another HP so that Rhyperior can create another Substitute. Additionally, Rhyperior makes 101 HP Substitutes so Seismic Toss cannot break them.</p>
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Typo... it was "cannon" before though which sounded really funny.
Standard said:
<p>Rhyperior is also a stellar physical wall, especially when against Pokemon without a super effective STAB attack. Using a specially defensive Altaria with Rhyperior works as an effective walling duo, since Altaria resists Water-, Fighting-, Ground-, and Grass-type attacks that would normally destroy Rhyperior, while Rhyperior can take Rock-type attacks and any hard-hitting physical attacker. Ice-type is left uncovered, so using something like Azumarill is beneficial as well.</p>
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I think there's an extra line space before this paragraph that needs to be backspaced (there's nothing really wrong with the paragraph... maybe the last sentence needs to start with "the" because the sentence just doesn't sound right at the start).

Rock Polish said:
<p>This set aims to pull off a sweep by doubling Rhyperior's Speed via Rock Polish. After a Rock Polish, Rhyperior outpaces almost every UU Pokemon, including +1 base 80 Speed Pokemon with a neutral nature. Like most sweeping sets, this set functions best when its counters are weakened; (semi-colon) luckily, (comma) Rhyperior does a great job of weakening its own counters. After Rhyperior's counters are weakened, it can set up a Rock Polish and likely sweep the opponent's team with its two 100 Base Power STAB attacks and Megahorn backed by its 379 Attack boosted by Life Orb.</p>
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It was pretty much a run-on sentence there. The comma isn't really needed, but I think it makes the flow better.

Choice Band said:
<p>This set aims to break down Rhyperior's usual counters with its Choice Band boosted attacks. Rhyperior can switch into (space) many different attacks because of its impressive bulk, and OHKO many common walls such as Omastar and Steelix. Unlike the other sets, this set uses Stone Edge as its main attack. This is because being locked into Earthquake usually ends up being bad, considering there are so many Pokemon that are immune to it. Stone Edge has no immunities, and even Pokemon that resist it take quite a bit of damage from it. Aqua Tail and Rock Blast can be used in the last slot as situational moves. Donphan and other Rhyperior are hit by Aqua Tail harder than STAB Earthquake. Rock Blast is a great move for countering Substitute abusing Pokemon.</p>
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I thought "intomany" was a word at first, but then I looked deeper and saw that it was supposed to be "into many", lol.

"it OHKOes" doesn't necessarily need to be swapped with "OHKO" but it sounds much better.

Avoid using the same word in a row twice (Aqua Tail). I just rearranged the first part of the sentence.

Choice Band said:
<p>While you may be tempted to fire off Earthquakes at every given chance, that is not the best plan when using Rhyperior. Rhyperior's main attack on this set is Stone Edge, especially for early in the game before you know your opponent's team. The reasoning behind this is that no Pokemon is immune to Rock-type attacks, and when you are in a metagame with Pokemon such as Nasty Plot Mismagius, Moltres, Swellow, and Honchkrow, you definitely don't want to be forced to switch out against them. This especially applies for Honchkrow and Swellow since Rhyperior is likely your team's only Flying-type resistance. Once you've taken out the Pokemon who can set up on Ground-type attacks, you are free to use Earthquake, which is always bad news for your opponent. This isn't to say that you should never use Earthquake before your opponent's Pokemon are fainted because hitting Pokemon that wall Stone Edge on the switch with a STAB Earthquake can turn the tide of the match as it will usually OHKO that Pokemon. Stone Edge is simply meant to be used as your main attack.</p>
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There needs to be a removal of "Honchkrow" here.
Choice Band said:
<p>This Rhyperior set is an excellent early game hard-hitter since very few Pokemon can stand up to its onslaught of powerful physical attacks. The fact that only a few Pokemon can take a STAB attack from Rhyperior makes it an excellent lure for bulky Pokemon. Rhyperior can also usually OHKO these Pokemon with its other STAB move. For example, Steelix can switch in and shrug off Rhyperior's Stone Edge. However, if it switches into Earthquake, it will be easily OHKOed. This helps Pokemon such as Swellow and Kangaskhan, because without Steelix in their way, they should have a much easier time sweeping.</p>
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The second sentence needs the addition of "a" to go with the word "few".

Trick Room said:
<p>This set focuses on abusing Rhyperior's horrible Speed, monstrous Attack, and excellent coverage under the effects of Trick Room. After Trick Room is used, Rhyperior will usually be the "fastest" Pokemon on the field, meaning the opponent needs to survive a 100 Base Power STAB attack before counter-attacking. Additionally, since Rhyperior is so bulky, it can set up Swords Dance and boast an Attack stat of 832, OHKOing the entire metagame.</p>
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Missing capitalization.

Trick Room said:
<p>With horrible Speed and an immensely high Attack stat, it is no surprise that Rhyperior is one of the deadliest Trick Room sweepers. The fact that it has perfect coverage from Earthquake, Stone Edge, and Megahorn add to Rhyperior's sweeping capabilities. Swords Dance is a good move to use in the fourth slot since Rhyperior is likely to be bulky enough to pull one off and still have three turns to sweep. After a Swords Dance, Rhyperior will pretty much OHKO the entire tier, and it's no surprise since it will have 832 Attack under its belt. Aqua Tail can be used if you don't like losing a turn of Trick Room to set up Swords Dance, since it hits Donphan and other Rhyperior harder than your other attacks.</p>
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"much" > "well" here.

I don't think this is necessary (this isn't related to the above), but can you give a backspace for the [Opinion] area?

Counters said:
<p>Bulky Water-types, (comma instead of period) Pokemon such as Milotic and Blastoise, (comma) can switch into most Rhyperior quite easily and OHKO it with Surf. Defensive Grass-types such as Meganium, Leafeon, and Tangrowth also work quite well, but they need to be wary of Megahorn. Claydol and Torterra are excellent counters as well, since they can easily switch into Rhyperior on any of its STAB attacks. However, similarly to Grass-types, they need to watch out for Megahorn.</p>
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Needs comma or doesn't need commas; your choice. This is just mostly here to get rid of the typo period.

 
Well I have considered that, but Spikes mostly just add to the 2HKO chance as the layers are added. Like, Blastoise will be 2HKOed sometimes with 1 layer, a little more with 2 layers, and more than that with 3 layers. That's why I chose to keep as an unspecified amount of Spikes, since it is just "spikes" in general that aids Rhyperior in these 2HKOes, otherwise I would have to be listing a lot of practically useless information.

Anyway, if you still think I should include it, I will, but I wanted to explain the situation first.
 
Yeah that would add a lot of text for just that purpose. Maybe saying "various amounts of Spike support" or something to that effect would convey that it's different numbers of layers without adding too much text for a small issue.
 
On the Choice Bander, I think you could probably mention Gravity support. Rhyperior will benefit from Gravity immensely, as it can fire off insanely powerful Earthquakes without any Flying-type or Levitator scoring a free set up against it. You only made a tiny mention of Gravity support in the Trick Room set, but Rhyperior would benefit from it more as a Choice Bander. Not only will Gravity allow Rhyperior to use unavoidable Earthquakes, but Gravity also makes Stone Edge, Megahorn, Rock Blast, and Aqua Tail reach perfect accuracy, which is a huge bonus.

Along with Gravity, mention paralysis support. That way, Rhyperior will be able to outpace a lot more things when sweeping. Clefable is an excellent choice, as it can spread paralysis via Thunder Wave/Body Slam and can also set up Gravity in the same set. Cresselia is another great Pokemon to spread Thunder Wave and set up Gravity, but it might be sent to BL, so I'm not sure if you want to mention it.
 
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